Valentine's, Past and Present

 

Happy Valentine's Day!  The postcard above was

my Great-Grandpa's.  I love old Valentines.

 

 

Andy surprised me with roses delivered to our door!

They are beautiful, he is a dear husband.  This has

been a great Valentine's Day so far, but the most

memorable Valentine's Day was the one below, 11

years ago. Andy couldn't think of what to get me,

so he finally decided on a baby.  (just kidding!)

 Here is the story, if you haven't heard it before. 

 

 

Valentine's Tea

It's Valentine's this week, so here's a little Valentine's tea

to get you in the mood. 

 

 

Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious,

never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude.

 

Love does not demand its own way.

It is not irritable or touchy.

 

It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong.

It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.

 

If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost.

You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him,

and always stand your ground in defending him.

 

There are three things that remain-

faith, hope, and love-

and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13, TLB

 

I'm joining Teatime Tuesday today for her Valentine's Tea.

Heart Banner

I'm home from church again today with sick boys,

so I have a little time to show you the heart banner

I made for Valentine's Day while they sleep and

watch reruns on TV.

 

 

I got the idea for this cute heart banner here from

Bella's Rose Cottage.  It was easy to make with

white card stock, scrapbook paper, and tulle and ribbon.

The one Bella made had silk roses as well, which

would be pretty, but I didn't have any.

 

 

It looks so pretty here with the red transferware,

don't you think?

 

I hope you have Happy Valentine's Day with those you love!

AJ's take on skin color

Our AJ, he's always thinking, and apparently

lately he's been wondering about different skin colors.

 

So the other day he came to the conclusion that

PD, DJ, and SJ had all eaten a lot of chocolate

and he had drank a lot of milk and that's why

they're the colors they are.

 

Then yesterday he had a different idea.

PD, DJ, and SJ were all rusty, and

he was just a little bit rusty!

 

He's so funny.

Beauty in the Winter

Sometimes it's hard to find beauty in the winter.

 

Everything is brown and dead, and it's cold,

and so sometimes we just try to exist and make it through.

 

 

Sometimes it's winter in our hearts too.

We may be facing a difficult circumstance, an illness,

a broken relationship, and we just want to exist

and make it through.

 

 

But God is there!  He is bringing new life.

Out of the dark, cold, place- he can bring beauty!

 

I waited patiently for the LORD;

he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

out of the mud and mire;

he set my feet on a rock

and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,

a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear

and put their trust in the LORD.

Blessed is the man

who makes the LORD his trust,

who does not look to the proud,

to those who turn aside to false gods.

Many, O LORD my God,

are the wonders you have done.

The things you have planned for us

no one can recount to you;

were I to speak and tell of them,

they would be too many to declare.

Psalm 40:1-5

Sewing in the Old Days

My mom is great at arranging flowers, and she brought

over this arrangement for me to enjoy the other day.  It contains

my great-grandma's yarn, needle book, darning foot and

her sewing basket.  The antique sewing machine belonged

to my other great-grandma.  I'm thankful I don't feel the need

to patch socks anymore- but it would be fun to sew with

such a pretty sewing machine!  I admire those women of

the past who worked so hard for their families.

 

 

A wife of noble character, who can find?

She is worth far more than rubies.

 

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

 

She makes coverings for her bed;

she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

 

She makes linen garments and sells them,

and supplies the merchants with sashes.

 

Her children arise and call her blessed;

her husband also, and he praises her:

"Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."

from Proverbs 31

 

I'm joining Table Top Tuesday today.

There's lots of good ideas there!

A Saturday in February

 

The buds are getting bigger on our pear tree!

 

SJ will sit on his horse while I lead her around, they are

both a little scared but the ride was successful.  (if you are

wondering about SJ's outfit- his favorite color is red and so

this is his favorite outfit.  I let him wear it at home even though

he looks like a ragamuffin in it).

 

 

The weather is so pretty today, so AJ and I took a walk down

the road.  He's such a little sweetheart.

 

He is your praise; he is your God,

who performed for you those great and awesome wonders

you saw with your own eyes.

Deuteronomy 10:21